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Terzetto (Italian) A terzetto is generally a composition for three voices. Beyond one instance in Bach, and a few modern examples consisting of pieces not in sonata form, the tern has never been applied...

Litany (Old English, Letanie; Latin, Lilaniae, Greek, a Supplication). A litany is a solemn form of prayer; sung, by solo voices and choir, alternately. The origin of the litany can be traced back to...

Tessitura (Italian ) Tessitura literally means texture, from tesserae, to weave. A term, for which there is no direct equivalent in English, used by the Italians to indicate how the music of a pieces...

Rebec Italian Rebeca, Ribeba; Spanish Rabe, Rabel The French name (said to be of Arabic origin) of that primitive stringed instrument which was in use throughout western Europe in the Middle Ages, and was...